June 21, 2011 -- BGI and the city of Shenzhen have established a national gene bank in Shenzhen. BGI, formerly known as Beijing Genomics Institute, but now located in Shenzhen, is one of the world’s largest genomic sequencing centers. The two entities will raise 15 million yuan ($2.3 million) to fund the first phase of operations. BGI supplied the original data and will provide a home for the bank, but other biological organizations are expected to contribute data in the future. More details....
